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Comparison Leads to Truth and Enlightenment

 bù bǐ bù zhī dào yī bǐ xià yì tiào
Comparison Leads to Truth and Enlightenment Scroll

不比不知道一比吓一跳 is a Chinese proverb that literally means: [If one not does] not make comparisons, [one will] not know [the truth] when [one] compares, [one will be] greatly surprised.

This goes to the idea that if you do not know bad times, you cannot know what good times are.
...And...
You can not know light without experiencing darkness.

Another way to translate this would be: If you wish to be enlightened, you need to make comparisons and analyze every aspect (of a situation, issue, or problem).


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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

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fāng
    fang1
fang
 hou / ho
    ほう

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Fong / Fang
square; power or involution (math.); upright; honest; fair and square; direction; side; party (to a contract, dispute etc); place; method; prescription (medicine); just when; only or just; classifier for square things; abbr. for square or cubic meter
(1) direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction); (2) (often 私の方, あなたの方, etc.) side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; (3) type; category; (4) field (of study, etc.); (5) indicates one side of a comparison; (6) way; method; manner; means; (7) length (of each side of a square); (given name) Michi
Square; place; correct; a means, plan, prescription; then, now, just.

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yīn
    yin1
yin
 in
    いん
cause; reason; because
(1) cause; factor; (2) {Buddh} (See 縁・えん・5) hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions); (3) (See 因明) the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya); (personal name) Yukari
hetu: a cause: because: a reason: to follow, it follows, that which produces a 果 result or effect. 因 is a primary cause in comparison with 緣 pratyaya which is an environmental or secondary cause. In the 十因十果 ten causes and ten effects, adultery results in the iron bed, the copper pillar, and the eight hot hells; covetousness in the cold hells; and so on, as shown in the 楞嚴經. Translit. in, yin. Cf. 印.

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    bi3
pi
 hi
    ひ
to compare; (followed by a noun and adjective) more {adj.} than {noun}; ratio; to gesture; (Taiwan pr. [bi4] in some compounds derived from Classical Chinese)
(n,n-suf) (1) ratio; proportion; (2) match; equal; equivalent; comparison; (suffix noun) (3) compared with ...; relative to ...; (4) (abbreviation) (See 比律賓・フィリピン) Philippines; (5) (See 六義・1) explicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); (place-name) Firipin
To compare; than; to assemble, arrive; partisan; each; translit. pi, bhi, vi, v. also 毘, 毗.


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xìng
    xing4
hsing
 kyou / kyo
    きょう
feeling or desire to do something; interest in something; excitement
(1) interest; entertainment; pleasure; (2) (See 六義・1) implicit comparison (style of the Shi Jing); (given name) Hajime
abhyudaya. Rise, begin; prosper; elated.

PK

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p k
    p k
p k
 pii kee; piikee(sk); piikei(sk) / pi kee; pikee(sk); pike(sk)
    ピー・ケー; ピーケー(sk); ピーケイ(sk)
(slang) to take on; to challenge; to go head to head; showdown; comparison
(1) (abbreviation) {sports} (See ペナルティーキック) penalty kick; (2) (abbreviation) (See サイコキネシス) psychokinesis; (3) (abbreviation) (See パルクール) parkour

二妙

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èr miào
    er4 miao4
erh miao
 nimyō
The dual "marvel" of the Lotus sūtra, the 相待妙 or comparative view, i.e. compared with all previous teaching, which is the rough groundwork; and the 絕待妙 or view of it as the perfection of teaching; hence it is "wonderful" in comparison with all previous doctrine, and absolutely "wonderful' in itself; cf. 二圓.

來得


来得

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lái de
    lai2 de5
lai te
to emerge (from a comparison); to come out as; to be competent or equal to

倒合

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dào hé
    dao4 he2
tao ho
 tōgō
A fallacious comparison in a syllogism.

倒離


倒离

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dào lí
    dao4 li2
tao li
 tōri
The fallacy of using a comparison in a syllogism which does not apply.

假觀


假观

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jiǎ guān
    jia3 guan1
chia kuan
 kekan
The meditation on relative truth, or phenomenal and therefore illusory existence, in comparison with 空 and 中 q. v.

六義

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 rikugi; rokugi
    りくぎ; ろくぎ
(1) six forms of the Shi Jing (genre: folk song, festal song, hymn; style: narrative, explicit comparison, implicit comparison); (2) six forms of waka (allegorical, enumerative, metaphorical, allusive, plain, congratulatory); (3) six principles of calligraphy; (4) (See 六書・1) six classes of kanji characters; (given name) Rokugi

参照

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 sanshou / sansho
    さんしょう
(noun, transitive verb) (1) reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison; (noun, transitive verb) (2) {comp} browsing (to a file or folder)

参看

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 sankan
    さんかん
(noun, transitive verb) (1) (form) (See 参照・1) reference (e.g. to a dictionary, passage, footnotes); consultation; comparison; (noun, transitive verb) (2) (obsolete) (See 参観) visit; inspection

参酌

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 sanshaku
    さんしゃく
(noun, transitive verb) comparison and choosing the good; consultation; referring to

大乘

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dà shèng
    da4 sheng4
ta sheng
 oonori
    おおのり
Mahayana, the Great Vehicle; Buddhism based on the Mayahana sutras, as spread to Central Asia, China and beyond; also pr. [Da4 cheng2]
(surname) Oonori
Mahāyāna; also called 上乘; 妙乘; 勝乘; 無上乘; 無上上乘; 不惡乘; 無等乘, 無等等乘; 摩訶衍 The great yāna, wain, or conveyance, or the greater vehicle in comparison with the 小乘 Hīnayāna. It indicates universalism, or Salvation for all, for all are Buddha and will attain bodhi. It is the form of Buddhism prevalent in Tibet, Mongolia, China, Korea, Japan, and in other places in the Far East. It is also called Northern Buddhism. It is interpreted as 大教 the greater teaching as compared with 小教 the smaller, or inferior. Hīnayāna, which is undoubtedly nearer to the original teaching of the Buddha, is unfairly described as an endeavour to seek nirvana through an ash-covered body, an extinguished intellect, and solitariness; its followers are sravakas and pratyekabuddhas (i.e. those who are striving for their own deliverance through ascetic works). Mahāyāna, on the other hand, is described as seeking to find and extend all knowledge, and, in certain schools, to lead all to Buddhahood. It has a conception of an Eternal Buddha, or Buddhahood as Eternal (Adi-Buddha), but its especial doctrines are, inter alia, (a) the bodhisattvas 菩薩 , i.e. beings who deny themselves final Nirvana until, according to their vows, they have first saved all the living; (b) salvation by faith in, or invocation of the Buddhas or bodhisattvas; (c) Paradise as a nirvana of bliss in the company of Buddhas, bodhisattvas, saints, and believers. Hīnayāna is sometimes described as 自利 self-benefiting, and Mahāyāna as 自利利他 self-benefit for the benefit of others, unlimited altruism and pity being the theory of Mahāyāna. There is a further division into one-yana and three-yanas: the trīyāna may be śrāvaka, pratyeka-buddha, and bodhisattva, represented by a goat, deer, or bullock cart; the one-yāna is that represented by the Lotus School as the one doctrine of the Buddha, which had been variously taught by him according to the capacity of his hearers, v. 方便. Though Mahāyāna tendencies are seen in later forms of the older Buddhism, the foundation of Mahāyāna has been attributed to Nāgārjuna 龍樹. "The characteristics of this system are an excess of transcendental speculation tending to abstract nihilism, and the substitution of fanciful degrees of meditation and contemplation (v. Samādhi and Dhyāna) in place of the practical asceticism of the Hīnayāna school."[Eitel 68-9.] Two of its foundation books are the 起信論and the 妙法蓮華經 but a larnge numberof Mahāyāna sutras are ascribed to the Buddha。.

孤風


孤风

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gū fēng
    gu1 feng1
ku feng
 kofū
beyond comparison

実化

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 jikke
    じっけ
{Buddh} (See 権化・1) noumenal Buddha (in comparison to phenomenal Buddha)

対比

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 taihi
    たいひ
(noun/participle) contrast; comparison

対照

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 taishou / taisho
    たいしょう
(noun/participle) contrast; antithesis; comparison

對法


对法

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duì fǎ
    dui4 fa3
tui fa
 taihō
The corresponding law, the philosophy in the Buddha's teaching, the Abhidharma; comparison of cause and effect.

對照


对照

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duì zhào
    dui4 zhao4
tui chao
to contrast; to compare; to place side by side for comparison (as parallel texts); to check

引合

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 hikiai
    ひきあい
(1) reference; comparison; example; (2) inquiry; enquiry; (3) witness; being involved in a court case; deal

戲說


戏说

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xì shuō
    xi4 shuo1
hsi shuo
dramatic form consisting of historical narration; history as jocular narrative; to stretch history for a joking story; amusing story with strained interpretations of history; to make an unreasonable comparison in jest

校訂


校订

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jiào dìng
    jiao4 ding4
chiao ting
 koutei / kote
    こうてい
revision
(noun, transitive verb) revision of a text (by comparison of variant sources); emendation; recension

比べ

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 kurabe
    くらべ
(n,n-suf) (kana only) contest; comparison; competition

比定

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 hitei / hite
    ひてい
(noun, transitive verb) hypothesis (formed by comparison with other similar objects); identification

比對


比对

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bǐ duì
    bi3 dui4
pi tui
comparison; to verify by comparing

比擬


比拟

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bǐ nǐ
    bi3 ni3
pi ni
 higi
to compare; to draw a parallel; to match; analogy; metaphor; comparison
to compare

比況

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 hikyou / hikyo
    ひきょう
comparison; similitude

比色

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 hishoku
    ひしょく
color comparison

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The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Comparison Leads to Truth and Enlightenment不比不知道一比嚇一跳
不比不知道一比吓一跳
bù bǐ bù zhī dào yī bǐ xià yì tiào
bu4 bi3 bu4 zhi1 dao4 yi1 bi3 xia4 yi4 tiao4
bu bi bu zhi dao yi bi xia yi tiao
pu pi pu chih tao i pi hsia i t`iao
pu pi pu chih tao i pi hsia i tiao
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


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